diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-toolkit/src/op/csv.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-toolkit/src/op/csv.js
index 5f05a4e..47a6339 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-toolkit/src/op/csv.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-toolkit/src/op/csv.js
@@ -25,13 +25,19 @@ export default Base =>
       let data;
       if (typeof source !== 'undefined') {
         data = source;
+      } else if (options.exportAll) {
+        data = this.props.data;
       } else {
-        data = options.exportAll ? this.props.data : this.getData();
+        const payload = {};
+        this.tableExposedAPIEmitter.emit('get.table.data', payload);
+        data = payload.result;
       }
 
       // filter data
       if (options.onlyExportSelection) {
-        const selections = this.getSelected();
+        const payload = {};
+        this.tableExposedAPIEmitter.emit('get.selected.rows', payload);
+        const selections = payload.result;
         data = data.filter(row => !!selections.find(sel => row[keyField] === sel));
       }
       const content = transform(data, meta, this._.get, options);
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-toolkit/statelessOp.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-toolkit/statelessOp.js
index 6c248c1..85444bf 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-toolkit/statelessOp.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-toolkit/statelessOp.js
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ import Operation from './src/op';
 
 export default Base =>
   class StatelessOperation extends Operation.csvOperation(Base) {
-    registerExposedAPI = (...exposedFuncs) => {
-      exposedFuncs.forEach((func) => {
-        this[func.name] = func;
-      });
+    registerExposedAPI = (tableExposedAPIEmitter) => {
+      this.tableExposedAPIEmitter = tableExposedAPIEmitter;
     }
   };
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/bootstrap-table.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/bootstrap-table.js
index 8bcd7c1..c77c107 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/bootstrap-table.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/bootstrap-table.js
@@ -14,13 +14,10 @@ class BootstrapTable extends PropsBaseResolver(Component) {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
     this.validateProps();
-    if (props.registerExposedAPI) {
-      props.registerExposedAPI(this.getData);
-    }
   }
 
   // Exposed APIs
-  getData() {
+  getData = () => {
     return this.visibleRows();
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/contexts/index.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/contexts/index.js
index 12bfb9a..7caf60c 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/contexts/index.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/contexts/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /* eslint no-return-assign: 0 */
+/* eslint no-param-reassign: 0 */
 /* eslint class-methods-use-this: 0 */
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
+import EventEmitter from 'events';
 import _ from '../utils';
 import createDataContext from './data-context';
 import createSortContext from './sort-context';
@@ -16,6 +18,13 @@ const withContext = Base =>
       super(props);
       this.DataContext = createDataContext();
 
+      if (props.registerExposedAPI) {
+        const exposedAPIEmitter = new EventEmitter();
+        exposedAPIEmitter.on('get.table.data', payload => payload.result = this.table.getData());
+        exposedAPIEmitter.on('get.selected.rows', payload => payload.result = this.selectionContext.getSelected());
+        props.registerExposedAPI(exposedAPIEmitter);
+      }
+
       if (props.columns.filter(col => col.sort).length > 0) {
         this.SortContext = createSortContext(
           dataOperator, this.isRemoteSort, this.handleRemoteSortChange);
@@ -255,9 +264,8 @@ const withContext = Base =>
     }
 
     render() {
-      const { keyField, columns, bootstrap4, registerExposedAPI } = this.props;
+      const { keyField, columns, bootstrap4 } = this.props;
       const baseProps = { keyField, columns };
-      if (registerExposedAPI) baseProps.registerExposedAPI = registerExposedAPI;
 
       let base = this.renderBase();
 
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/contexts/selection-context.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/contexts/selection-context.js
index 2bdd321..9c44cff 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/contexts/selection-context.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/contexts/selection-context.js
@@ -14,14 +14,6 @@ class SelectionProvider extends React.Component {
     keyField: PropTypes.string.isRequired
   }
 
-  constructor(props) {
-    super(props);
-    if (props.registerExposedAPI) {
-      const getSelected = () => this.getSelected();
-      props.registerExposedAPI(getSelected);
-    }
-  }
-
   state = { selected: this.props.selectRow.selected || [] };
 
   componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/test/bootstrap-table.test.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/test/bootstrap-table.test.js
index 23986a8..a543111 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/test/bootstrap-table.test.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/test/bootstrap-table.test.js
@@ -60,26 +60,6 @@ describe('BootstrapTable', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('when props.registerExposedAPI is defined', () => {
-    const registerExposedAPI = jest.fn();
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      registerExposedAPI.mockClear();
-      wrapper = shallow(
-        <BootstrapTable
-          keyField="id"
-          columns={ columns }
-          data={ data }
-          registerExposedAPI={ registerExposedAPI }
-        />
-      );
-    });
-
-    it('should call props.registerExposedAPI correctly', () => {
-      expect(registerExposedAPI).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      expect(registerExposedAPI.mock.calls[0][0].name).toEqual('getData');
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('when props.classes was defined', () => {
     const classes = 'foo';